A Little House

Published by Birkhäuser 2020

A Little House

Edited by: Fondation Le Corbusier

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035620696

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About this book

Minimal housing: the modern prototype

Villa le Lac, which was designated a World Heritage in 2016, was designed and built by Le Corbusier as Geneva lakeside home for his parents in 1925. Because of its spare arrangement of spaces, he referred to it as a “dwelling machine.” Even today it remains the modern prototype of the “small house” that fulfills all of the functions of a residence with a minimum of floor area and seamless transitions between spaces. For the first time, this book is appearing in three separate language editions, following the original edition in which Le Corbusier documented the history of the building: with photographs, sketches and a poetic text. Access to the original photographs allowed the quality of the illustrations in this edition to be improved significantly.

New edition with images in improved quality, separate language editions, and a new afterword

The history of development and construction: documented by Le Corbusier himself

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Le Corbusier

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
A LITTLE HOUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
THE LITTLE HOUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
HOUSES TOO CATCH THE WHOOPING-COUGH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
DRAWINGS FROM THE YEAR 1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
THE CRIME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 2nd edition
Pages
- Main content: 84
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 72
Keywords: Le Corbusier; Villa Le Lac

eBook

Published: March 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783035620696

Paperback

Published: March 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783035620665